28 Oct 1959
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1959
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text presents a garbled mix of names phrases and possible local notice content making exact meaning and entities unclear. The readable portions reference a town setting and potential personal names but lack coherent events dates or actions to summarize definitively.
Fragmentary OCR lists names, places, and numbers including Naburg, Ash, Penn, Green, Ash, police, public figures, and ages, with unclear actions. The jumbled text references a high school or college setting and potential legal notices with identities and dates yet no clear event details.
The Corry United Fund show stall at 81 percent with two days left to reach a 270 goal. Drive officials urged a final push across divisions including Men's, Clubs and Organizations, and Professional and Employer groups. Notable performers include Ecclesiastics Furniture, with 100 percent, and Corporate and Industrial sectors steady though some wards lag. Final report breakfast set for Friday. extension possible into next week if gains continue.
Harrisburg report shows Governor Lawrence defending a one cent per gallon gasoline tax hike to fund roadbuilding, while Senate Finance balks. Lawence notes no alternative plan. discusses PSC vacancy and potential Democratic gains, plus stance on capital punishment and a Philadelphia execution prieve denial.
A 21 year old mother was acquitted of murdering her 3 year old daughter Gloria Duran after defense and testimony showed head injuries to the child and a motive tied to the child striking her infant son. Judge Walter Odemar ruled the evidence did not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Washington AP reports Gov. Nelson Rockefeller may meet with President Eisenhower on civil defense. The session could affect Rockefeller’s stance toward Nixon in the 1960 Republican race. Hagerty says the talk will cover civil defense, not politics, amid Geneva talks on ending nuclear tests.
A morning blaze gutted the former Moose Club in Union City, with damage estimated up to 60000. Over 100 firefighters from Union City Waterford and Corry battled the four hour fire starting at midnight. one volunteer injured. The fire damaged adjoining offices and furniture. losses partly insured and housed in a two story brick and glass building.
Washington AP reports the government moves to the Supreme Court to force a fast ruling on the 80 day Taft Hartley injunction against the United Steelworkers strike. Attorney General Rogers asks for a Thursday filing deadline, after a six day stay from the appeals court.
President Eisenhower said he and Western leaders are ready for a pre-summit conference around mid December. No site or time has been chosen. diplomatic channels will decide. Participants would include De Gaulle Macmillan and Adenauer in a potential Western summit.
A United States BS8 jet bomber based at Carswell AFB Fort Worth crashed near Attie Mississippi during a test flight Tuesday night. Pilot Everett Wheeler 37 and flight engineer Michael Keller escaped. the third crew member Harry Tosser was killed. The aircraft had not yet been delivered to the Air Force. They were en route to Eglin Air Force Base Florida for radar work, after taking off from Carswell about 6 30 p m.
Space Administrator T Keith Glennan told the American Bankers Association that a steel strike is delaying the Vega rocket project capable of placing 4800 pounds in orbit or 1000 pounds on a lunar trajectory. Initial merit was due in 1961 but delay is possible. He contrasted American progress with Soviet advances and linked past nuclear delivery choices to early space pacing. In separate news, Brother John Ambrose Kelly of the Christian Brothers of Ireland died at 76 in Oradell New Jersey from a heart attack, born in Galway and helping establish the first of 82 North American Christian Brothers schools.
Havana reports Castro regime rejects a US protest and targets American business with new taxes on mining concessions. Cabinet proposes military measures amid protests and calls for Jules Dubois’s execution, while Fulbright accuses Castro of using the United States as a whipping boy.
Harrisburg reports state approval for alterations and additions to the Union City high school and elementary school project. Bids top 995,399 with total financing set at 1,131,68.36 including architects’ fees and furnishings. Debt charges estimated at 70,939.55 annually. four new classrooms ten special ed rooms and a multipurpose unit to serve 980 at once.
Maj. Gen. August Schomburg was named to succeed Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris as head of the Army's Missile Command. Medaris retires Jan. 31 in Huntsville, Alabama, after leading the rocket program with Dr. Wernher von Braun. The Saturn program was transferred to NASA following Medaris's resignation.
A Civil War veteran, William Williams aged 116, survived a Tuesday attack at his mansion. Doctor Russell Wolfe said Williams was briefly placed on an oxygen tent for four days and then recovered enough to predict reaching his next birthday.
United States and the Soviet Union reached a noncommittal disarmament resolution with both powers co sponsoring. The measure refers all disarmament supporters to a new joint committee to begin discussions in Geneva in February, aiming to advance East West talks.
A high level delegation was announced to travel to Olmuted Aly Pozen Baxoe near Hawksbury to inspect dismantling of a fighter jet slated for local purchase. Officials emphasised the wing will not be removed by the rock organization and that the work can occur near the air base at an estimated cost of 400. Chainman Cage, in charge of use fuel, said the plan aims to show progress while negotiations on disarmament continue at the Geneva talks led by Das Hammarskjold.
U S Steel chairman Hoger Blough rejected a settlement like Kaiser Steel saying it would raise costs too high for his firm. U S Steel reported a third quarter net loss of 11.14 million versus 74,922,900 in the same period last year. Directors kept the quarterly dividend at 73 cents, payable Dec 10 to holders of record Nov 6.
In Chicago and nearby cities police hunt for Judge William Lynn Parkinson of the Court of Appeals who vanished after Monday noon. His son reported the disappearance, and authorities fear he may be a victim of amnesia due to low blood pressure as they search near the appellate building. Parkinson, 57, appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1967, has a long prior record as a federal judge and Lafayette attorney.
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